Missings.a, I think most South Africans (and other countries) are very munch unaware of lion / tiger trade. I only heard about it the other day when reading this tread.

We, as a country are not doing enough to protect our animals.. Mahatma Gandhi rightly said: "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated".

Such is the human race, often it seems a pity that Noah... didn't miss the boat.Mark Twain

JeanniR wrote:Missings.a, I think most South Africans (and other countries) are very munch unaware of lion / tiger trade. I only heard about it the other day when reading this tread.

We, as a country are not doing enough to protect our animals.. Mahatma Gandhi rightly said: "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated".

Well please see my post on POACHING dated July 15th 2012. I will even try to repost it. I am trying to raise the alarm before people start noticing there are not so many lions in Kruger and over-grazing from the many antelopes.

Graham_5000, i also tried to find info, but no luck. Only old Stats. Surely somewhere there should be somebody to give us an answer?

"Lose yourself in Nature and find Peace!"(Ralph Waldo Emerson)UNITE AGAINST POACHING...What we protect, do not let poachers take it away!Extinction is forever and survival is up to---every last one of us!

Great project - thanks for the link. I would love to observe this sort of work for a day or two! I have emailed and asked them about lion bone poaching as well as population estimate. If anyone is going to notice poaching, it is a team that knows the different prides really well and tracks them as they do.

Regarding the poaching of lions, I guess the signs the rangers would see is some sort of bait left for the lions? I would think that due to lions keeping their distance from humans on foot (as explained by guides on a walk) that this would be the way to kill them in the wild? There is the added danger that a wounded lion is extremely dangerous and add in that if done at night would make it even more dangerous for the poachers, not having the sight in the dark that a lion would have.

Any animal that strays or is lured onto the Mozambique side of KNP and is worth anything whether it be as a trophy or for other purposes such as rhino and elephant poaching or for the bush meat trade is dead within 24 hours. Its unbelieveably easy to kill an impala and leave a trail for lions to follow and they can be killed within minutes. There again the canned lion "industry" seems to have a lot of their "by products" in great demand and are making a massive killing in more ways than one! Good fences make good neighbours and there are many fences that are in dire need if our wildlife is to survive!

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Canned hunting is alive and well. The NSPCA is highlighting Youtube videos coming to light of these despicable practices which fuel lion bone trade and other nefarious criminal activity not to mention the appalling cruelty.

An appeal is made for anyone with information to come forward and make contact with the NSPCA anonymously if need be via nspca@nspca.co.za or by fax to 011-907-3590 or if anyone has the courage of their conviction to speak openly to any of our staff.